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Notes on Functional Analysis

David K. Zhang
Last Modified 2025-11-22

Definition: Hermite Polynomial, HnH_n

Let nNn \in \N. The Hermite polynomial HnZ[x]H_n \in \Z[x] is defined by the following formula:

Hn(x)(1)nex2dndxnex2 H_n(x) \coloneqq (-1)^n e^{x^2} \frac{\dd^n}{\dd x^n} e^{-x^2}